Table 3.

Prevalence of enteropathogens depending of puppies’ characteristics and environmental factors.

Pathogens	Total prevalence	Age of puppies				Size of the kennel			Breed size			Litter size
		5–6 weeks % ni/n	7–8 weeks % ni/n	9–14 weeks % ni/n	Global P value	<30% ni/n	≥30% ni/n	P value	Large % ni/n	Small % ni/n	P value	≤4% ni/n	5–7% ni/n	≥8% ni/n	Global P value
CPV2	14.7 39/266	23.3a 10/43	16.7a 23/138	7.1b 6/85	0.032	0 0/130	28.7 39/136	<0.001	14.1 28/198	16.2 11/68	0.682	22.6a 14/62	20a 18/90	6.1b 7/114	0.003
CCV	20.3 54/266	7b 3/43	13.8b 19/138	37.6a 32/85	<0.001	0 0/130	39.7 54/136	<0.001	23.2 46/198	11.8 8/168	0.043	8.1b 5/62	32.2a 29/90	17.5b 20/114	0.001
T. canis	22.2 59/266	44.2a 19/43	22.5b 31/138	10.6c 9/85	<0.001	29.2 38/130	15.4 21/136	0.007	22.7 45/198	20.6 14/68	0.714	16.1 10/62	17.8 16/90	28.9 33/114	0.069
C. ohioensis complex	25.6 68/266	30.2a 13/43	31.9a 44/138	12.9b 11/85	0.005	23.8 31/130	27.2 37/136	0.002	29.3 58/198	14.7 10/68	0.017	19.4b 12/62	13.3b 12/90	38.5a 44/114	<0.001
C. canis	13.2 35/266	41.9a 18/43	6.8b 8/138	10.6b 9/85	<0.001	1.5 2/130	24.3 33/136	<0.001	17.2 34/198	1.5 1/68	0.001	4.8 3/62	16.7 15/90	14.9 17/114	0.081
G. duodenalis	41 109/266	32.6b 14/43	30.4b 42/138	62.4a 53/85	<0.001	17.7 23/130	63.2 86/136	<0.001	41.4 82/198	39.7 27/68	0.805	51.6a 32/62	46.7a 42/90	30.7b 35/114	0.011
C. parvum	25.9 69/266	37.2 16/43	22.5 31/138	25.9 22/85	0.156	20.8 27/130	30.9 42/136	0.06	26.3 52/198	25 17/68	0.838	27.4a 17/62	12.2b 11/90	36a 41/114	0.001

For each line, categories with different letters (a,b,c)were significantly different (P < 0.05).

n_i/n = number of puppies infected for the category considered/total number of puppies in the category considered.